Comments on: The Rise of “Universal Authorship” http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/the-rise-of-universal-authorship fiction matters Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:57:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kaze http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/the-rise-of-universal-authorship/comment-page-1#comment-3171 Kaze Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:12 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5465#comment-3171 I don't know if publishing has become a "right" but it's certainly become something anybody with access to the Web can do. What will come next is the end of the gatekeepers, the colorful-sticker givers, the ones who convey status or credentials by publishing you. Their usefulness is waning; soon it'll be gone entirely. I don’t know if publishing has become a “right” but it’s certainly become something anybody with access to the Web can do. What will come next is the end of the gatekeepers, the colorful-sticker givers, the ones who convey status or credentials by publishing you. Their usefulness is waning; soon it’ll be gone entirely.

]]> By: Charlotte http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/the-rise-of-universal-authorship/comment-page-1#comment-3167 Charlotte Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:56:02 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5465#comment-3167 It's an interesting idea, but I'm wary of the idea that "everyone" is actually getting a say. I suggest <a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/10/02/05" rel="nofollow">this conversation</a> from On the Media with Matthew Hindman, author of the book, The Myth of Digital Democracy. He argues that although more people may be talking, the people who are being heard are actually still a narrow slice dictated by race and class, especially online. It’s an interesting idea, but I’m wary of the idea that “everyone” is actually getting a say. I suggest this conversation from On the Media with Matthew Hindman, author of the book, The Myth of Digital Democracy. He argues that although more people may be talking, the people who are being heard are actually still a narrow slice dictated by race and class, especially online.

]]> By: Scott http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/the-rise-of-universal-authorship/comment-page-1#comment-3165 Scott Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:05:35 +0000 http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5465#comment-3165 I believe they're stretching their definition of "authorship" by virtue of Twitter being typed. That is to say, if Twitter worked as voice mail rather than written characters, it wouldn't be part of the discussion. What is worth taking a look at, in my opinion, is having so many people having "conversations" via typing (which are actually just typed missives shot at one another). To claim that your average Twitter post is "authoring" screams of both latching on to current trends and laziness. I believe they’re stretching their definition of “authorship” by virtue of Twitter being typed. That is to say, if Twitter worked as voice mail rather than written characters, it wouldn’t be part of the discussion.

What is worth taking a look at, in my opinion, is having so many people having “conversations” via typing (which are actually just typed missives shot at one another). To claim that your average Twitter post is “authoring” screams of both latching on to current trends and laziness.

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